... the efforts of African countries also grappling with refugee emergencies. While European nations seek to limit the “economic” ... number of refugees — currently 80% of the world’s refugee population. Refugees hosted in developing countries put enormous ...

... land and of experiencing gender-based violence while in the refugee camps. In the camps, women risk assault when they venture out of the ... and firewood.
Leila Abdulahi, a 25-year-old Somali refugee who arrived in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya after the 2011 drought, ...

... has been investigating allegations of sexual exploitation of refugee girls by aid workers and peacekeepers in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra ... by increasing security and international personnel in refugee camps, deploying more female staff and establishing new reporting ...

Author: UN News Centre Azali Assoumani, President of the Union of the Comoros, the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-first session. 23 September 2016 – Comoros President Azali Assoumani...